TODAY'S LESSON AND HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Review terms for Thursday's quiz
reminder about rubrics for teacher assistant
MAKE ENGLISH CLASS COZY AND WARM. BRING MUG AND HOT CHOCOLATE!
Homework assignment:
- Read TOTC, Ch. 3, and do the usual mindful-reader tasks. Be proud of your work.
- Write the first body paragraph of Essay 5 on Google docs. Make it your best writing -- a good first draft, not a rough draft. Please include the special required writing tools. (Check the assignment for the requirements.)
Lesson topic and objectives:
TOPIC: A mindful reader looks for motifs and themes
OBJECTIVE" Students will learn about the use of motifs in literature, and will look for them in Dickens' writing.
Steps to reaching the objective(s):
- Connection to prior learning: Have you used motifs when you prepared a dance on Dance class?
- Look over Ch. 1 and 2, searching for motifs.
- Exit ticket: What is one motif in your life, so far?